Announcement: XV6800/i760 Release/Review - Page 18

jbh00jh · #**171** (**permalink**) 11-14-2007, 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kraygh

Delaying until after the holiday season? If that's true, than Verizon must be having some MAJOR problems with the phone.
Any minor issue wouldn't stop them from pushing for the extra sales they'd get before Christmas.

Most of the Reps (VZW) are saying late Nov. , early Dec. The majority
say before the end of the year.

shmoo597 · #**172** (**permalink**) 11-15-2007, 03:03 AM

I went into a verizon store yesterday and the rep had no firm date - though he said he thought it would be before 2008. He didnt really seem to know what he was talking about though....how long can they keep delaying this thing?

jbh00jh · #**173** (**permalink**) 11-15-2007, 12:03 PM

On HO-FO - 6800 thread - B2B rep said they could order for business
customers starting Monday , 11/19 .

(Rumor,of course)

jbh00jh · #**174** (**permalink**) 11-15-2007, 01:10 PM

The 6700 is starting to show out of stock in some zips this
afternoon.

Yakuzah · #**175** (**permalink**) 11-15-2007, 01:47 PM

PLEASE if any one know
i really want to get the samsung i760 but i need to know if i can install the msn back
cuz verizon took it away .
right now I'm on att and i hate the service , the 30 days trail going to end and i don't want to pay the termination fee .
i have till the 19 to pick up a phone from verizon i really like the i760 but i don't think there is a rom for this phone.
any one know if the vx6800 will get rom for the wm6?
Thanks

Yakuzah

verizonguy · #**176** (**permalink**) 11-16-2007, 11:12 AM

Just as a side note: The spreadsheet I posted above was there a week ago today and when we pulled it up again today, it's gone...apparently people read this forum lol

jbh00jh · #**177** (**permalink**) 11-16-2007, 07:10 PM

They are saying on the 6800 release thread on pdaphonehome.com
that internal memos (VZW) and B2B reps are saying online Nov. 21
and stores Nov.28th for the release dates.

Of course this is a "rumor" untill proven true or false.

nemanracing · #**178** (**permalink**) 11-16-2007, 08:10 PM

Nov 28th for b2b/web/telesales, and Dec 5th for retail launch...

Current Software Version: ROM:2.09.605.8/Radio:1.30.60

ckeegan · #**179** (**permalink**) 11-17-2007, 06:31 PM

this is the only post I've been waiting for:

http://www.howardforums.com/showpost...postcount=1130

Now everyone has 11 days to figure out VZW's justification for the price: $619 (full retail), $499 (2 year)! Wow.

#**180** (**permalink**) 11-17-2007, 10:53 PM

They've been "saying" the phone will launch for months, and constantly delaying it. I think i remember the first projected date was early august. It's been steadily pushed back ever since.

Now they say the 19th of November. I'm not going to hold my breath. Some time before 2008 sounds more realistic to me, personally. I think they were holding out for black Friday, since they were so close anyways. But for that they'd have to have it in stores on black Friday, or at least able to order from the store. I'm not impressed with Verizon thus far. I am liking my 6700 more and more, now that it's running wm6. It's solid, bug-less, I'll wait 6 months, find a factory refurbish 6800 on eBay for $200 like i did my 6700, and pick that up to toy with.

I'm also thinking maybe they wanted to sell off the remaining stock of 6700's before they released the 6800's. In doing so, they're giving us time to perfect wm6 on the 6700, which will significantly decrease the sales of the 6800. Over-all, now that I'm happy with my wm6, the 6800 doesn't have any features that my 6700 doesn't, and certainly isn't worth the tag they're putting on it to me.

I was smoking on the dock the other day, and a bunch of exec's came out of a meeting to use their phone. 4 out or 5 had 6700's in their hands checking schedules and email and meeting times. So long as verizon has a strangle-hold on the business end of things, they'll remain doing healthy business from us.